迎える, 邀える, むかえる
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to go out to meet, to receive, to welcome, to greet, to salute, to hail
2. to call for, to summon, to invite
3. to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family), to take (e.g. a wife)
4. to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.), to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.), to approach (e.g. death)
彼をすぐに迎えてやることに決まった。
にあたって, に当たって
Expression, See に当たり, Usually in kana
on the occasion of, at the time of
研究部長はその部門が新製品のテストをするにあたって、徹底的な仕事をさせた。